The night sky above the village square had settled into a quiet, starry expanse, but the damp earth still radiated the residual heat of the heavenly lightning.
Lin Wan stood on the wooden porch, her wrists still tingling slightly from the phantom warmth of the dual mate marks.
She turned her gaze back to Lanying, whose blue gauze wear fluttered gently in the cool evening breeze.
"Before we go to the cubs, you need to blindfold yourself," Lin Wan said, her voice dropping into a flat, businesslike tone.
She reached into her sleeve and pulled out a thick, wide strip of black cloth she had prepared earlier. "Tie your eyes tightly."
Lanying raised an eyebrow, a flicker of haughty Sea Sovereign pride flashing through her ocean-blue eyes.
But she looked at Lin Wan's unreadable expression, remembered the absolute golden light of the heavenly Dao oath currently stamped onto her soul, and simply let out a soft hum.
